Re: floating point representation

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: floating point representation
Date: 2001-02-19 15:40:38
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0102191638290.977-100000@peter.localdomain
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Hiroshi Inoue writes:

> The 7.1-release seems near.
> May I provide the followings ?
> SET FLOAT4_PRECISION TO ..
> SET FLOAT8_PRECISION TO ..

I'd prefer names that go with the SQL type names:

REAL_FORMAT
DOUBLE_PRECISION_FORMAT

Seems a bit tacky, but a lot of work has been put in to make these names
more prominent.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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